The Active Zone

The Active Zone

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The cold waters of the river beckoned me to their shadowy depths. You could almost hear the cries of the people who jumped before me. The wind, that is coming from the river, stings my face causing me to shed more tears. My life has done nothing but bring the people that I care about pain. The best thing to do would be to just take it. I would end my life to rid my loved ones of the shackles that I have cast over them. Holding them back from what they could truly be. My life means nothing to them or to me. Everyone is dead, everyone is gone, everything is gone. There is nothing left for me. No reason to live. These dark thoughts plagued my mind pushing me to jump, pushing me to take my life. "My life means nothing. I am worthless." I whisper to myself. I look at the waters that beckon me. They promised me peace from this cruel world, the wind pushes me towards the edge of the guard rail. "Jump." The waters whisper "Jump." their chanting fills my head "JUMP!!!!" They scream pushing me to the edge. I'm so close, tears blur my vision slipping down my pink cheeks. I look down at my wrists the old scars that cover them begin to sting. "You're useless. You are not needed in this world. Jump and let all your fears go, jump and we will give you peace." The waters hiss "You can give me peace..." I whisper "We can take you out of the pain that you have caused by living." It hisses again, with this the wind nuges me forward closer to the edge. The water swirls under me, beckoning me into their shadowy depths. "Good Bye. It was nice while I was here." I whisper with tears running down my pink cheeks. Taking a deep breath I take the last shuffle to the lip ofthe rail.
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I hear the clanking of metal loud and rigid from behind me, I feel the wind rush past as I sprint, they are still chasing me. I'll be honest I don't know what to do, quite frankly it's hard to think straight right now. I feel my body shutting down as the adrenaline is losing its punch, I can't run any faster. I'm always running, they are always chasing me. I don't even know why they chase me, I don't know what I did and like them they won't say. Do they even know? Am I just unlucky? Someone they picked at random to be the new subject of there torture? I wont let it happen. That's why I'll stay free, never fully contained. I think about the one I love, Charlie. I don't know where he is, I don't even know if he is safe. "Hey! Weapon down sarge, we don't want to kill her!" A guard's shout smacks me out of my train of thought. By this point I've gained some distance due to them having heavy armour. This stops me in my tracks though, I hear the guards slow down too. I stop, I realise, they want me alive. They aren't going to kill me, they don't want me dead. I have a gun, if I just point it at myself what are they going to do? I turn around and I look at all of the guards who have stopped in their tracks heaving in confusion. It's silent, even the wind is merely a whisper, all that can be heard is the panting of everyone on scene. They want me alive, they want me alive. I turn around, towards my chasers. I notice the guards straighten as I do so, instinctively I hold my gun to my neck, one bullet left, not enough for all of them but enough to kill me. They don't want me dead. I look to see all of them freeze in shock before one of the guards takes a step forward. I can't see their face, I can't see anyone's face but I feel like I need to know who this is. Before I can react they raise their gun and shoot. Pain explodes in my leg and I fall, all that running, for nothing. All I see now is black, I can't hear everything but I still feel conscious.

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